Uh, play ball!
Showing posts with label Major League Baseballl. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Major League Baseballl. Show all posts
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Outside the MLB Man Fan Cave
Last evening, I swung by the former Tower Records on Broadway and East Fourth Street to check out the new MLB Fan Cave, in which two contest winners are living in a "Real World"-esque building and getting paid to watch every Major League Baseball game this season... Seeing as today is the first game of the season for many teams, I thought the place might be a little more ready for baseball action ...
Uh, play ball!
Uh, play ball!
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Scoring position: Former Towers Records space now a dude cave for baseball
Major League Baseball has transformed the former Tower Records space on Broadway and East Fourth Street into a "fan cave" for two
Starting tomorrow, Opening Day, [Michael] O'Hara, 37, will watch virtually every MLB game this season, tweet about them and - Oh, My God! - get paid for it.
Major League Baseball has outfitted the high-tech home run haven with 15 huge HD screens so O'Hara and sidekick Ryan Wagner can catch all the action right through the World Series.
And what does it look like?
"Extreme Makeover" star Paul DiMeo has installed a machine to test pitching speed, a fantasy baseball counter, a memorabilia museum, pool table, bar, a '50s diner, ever-changing photos in electronic frames and a tattoo parlor.
In homage to the downtown neighborhood's creative legacy, artists will conjure up players with portraits in ice, cheese and on Etch-A-Sketch screens, all under an 18-foot tall picture of Willie Mays' famed over-the-shoulder catch in the 1954 World Series.
Photo via. H/T Gothamist.
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
A Public Service Annoucement from EV Grieve
GOOD GOD, WHATEVER YOU DO, STAY AWAY FROM SIXTH AVENUE BETWEEN 40th STREET AND 58th STREET TODAY!
Oh, why? Let me get press release-y: More than 110 of baseball's greatest current and retired players will star in the fourth annual All-Star Game Red Carpet Parade presented by Chevy on Tuesday, July 15th from 1 p.m. - 3 p.m., before the 79th Major League Baseball All-Star Game at Yankee Stadium. The All-Star Game Red Carpet Parade, which will start at 40th Street and Sixth Avenue and end at 58th Street and Sixth Avenue, is expected to draw approximately 1 million fans on the streets and from office buildings along the route.
Oh, and Mayor Bloomberg will be there!
Anyway, hope someone pulled up the weeds from Sixth Avenue.
Oh, why? Let me get press release-y: More than 110 of baseball's greatest current and retired players will star in the fourth annual All-Star Game Red Carpet Parade presented by Chevy on Tuesday, July 15th from 1 p.m. - 3 p.m., before the 79th Major League Baseball All-Star Game at Yankee Stadium. The All-Star Game Red Carpet Parade, which will start at 40th Street and Sixth Avenue and end at 58th Street and Sixth Avenue, is expected to draw approximately 1 million fans on the streets and from office buildings along the route.
Oh, and Mayor Bloomberg will be there!
Anyway, hope someone pulled up the weeds from Sixth Avenue.
Monday, July 7, 2008
Lady Liberty is attracting true New York sports fans!
As Gothamist reported June 5, Major League Baseball put 42 8 1/2 feet tall Statues of Liberty around New York City in preparation for this year's All-Star Game, which will be played at Yankee Stadium on July 15. Each mini-liberty is adorned with the colors of a Major League baseball team, such as the one below for the Chicago White Sox that's on 14th Street and 4th Avenue.
It's a great way for us to show the world what great sports we are!
By the way, look at the size of Lady Liberty's feet! Wish I had put something next to the foot for scale, something like a midsized car.
[OOPS! East Village Podcasts had a good piece on the baseball statues last Thursday. Sorry fellas! And yes -- Walgreens is still selling that post-Halloween candy corn...]
Meanwhile, just stop putting baseball stuff on her. We get it.
I don't get this ad, though. The best in NY? OK, David Wright. Mets. 50 Cent. Born in Queens. OK. David Ortiz? He plays for Boston. Tell me what he has to do with New York. (Aside from being a Yankee killer through the years...)
It's a great way for us to show the world what great sports we are!
By the way, look at the size of Lady Liberty's feet! Wish I had put something next to the foot for scale, something like a midsized car.
[OOPS! East Village Podcasts had a good piece on the baseball statues last Thursday. Sorry fellas! And yes -- Walgreens is still selling that post-Halloween candy corn...]
Meanwhile, just stop putting baseball stuff on her. We get it.
I don't get this ad, though. The best in NY? OK, David Wright. Mets. 50 Cent. Born in Queens. OK. David Ortiz? He plays for Boston. Tell me what he has to do with New York. (Aside from being a Yankee killer through the years...)
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